Just saw this this morning, fight happenend a couple of months ago.
I hope he recovers from this
Lol at this from the wesbite: “The fight lasted less than two minutes. The KO is at 2:20.” IMO Davis was controlling the fight and distance until that point. Davis should be ok… it looked to me like the Rashad Evans/Sean Salmon fight where the kick landed on the brachial plexus on the side of the neck, rather than the head. Makes for a spectacular KO, but less damage to the brain that way.
I don’t know about the brachial plexus, but I do know that a kick with good hip placement carries a lot of [in german we say ‘Impuls’, I think you anglosaxons say] momentum.
You can see his head bouncing wildly around.
Any strike that makes a human head shake that violently has a good chance to knock you out.
Also, the solar plexus has this weird pain effect, would hitting the brachial nerve cluster cause a comparable effect?
Again, not saying it couldn’t be just that.
Maybe it is even some combination ie concussion + nerve overload.
Now that would be wicked…
edit:
the kick was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L-L-Y timed.
Marcus Davis’ defense is at fault here.
He did show respect for the guys kicks, but thought he could just go in-and-out with the left hand down and the right amount of explosiveness.
That was a high risk strategy, given both fighters’ stance.
I hope he recovers well.
[quote]SRT08 wrote:
Lol at this from the wesbite: “The fight lasted less than two minutes. The KO is at 2:20.” IMO Davis was controlling the fight and distance until that point. Davis should be ok… it looked to me like the Rashad Evans/Sean Salmon fight where the kick landed on the brachial plexus on the side of the neck, rather than the head. Makes for a spectacular KO, but less damage to the brain that way.[/quote]
I dunno what you were watching, Davis didn’t control shit. Had he had more control over his hands and learned something about Muay Thai / Kickboxing instead of believing the hype that he’s actually a UFC veteran which makes him a force to be reckoned with, he may still have the number of brain cells he lost with that impact.
He got hit flush on the kisser. Jaw open, on the chin with a solid well timed kick. Had the other guy actually turned his hips over he would be in a lot worse trouble but he snapped the hips back after impact. Still plenty big enough to smash anyone.
Davis can’t kickbox and he can’t box. Someone has got to tell him that.
You can’t go from MMA into a boxing or kickboxing fight and assume you’re going to be ok much like vice versa.
Yeah…Marcus Davis’ faulty distance control…cost him. Taller…longer guy with decent kicks…standing in front of him and pot-shotting in his KICKING range is a huge gamble.
[quote]humble wrote:
I dunno what you were watching, Davis didn’t control shit. Had he had more control over his hands and learned something about Muay Thai / Kickboxing instead of believing the hype that he’s actually a UFC veteran which makes him a force to be reckoned with, he may still have the number of brain cells he lost with that impact.
Davis can’t kickbox and he can’t box. Someone has got to tell him that.
You can’t go from MMA into a boxing or kickboxing fight and assume you’re going to be ok much like vice versa.
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He was a pro boxer before going into mma. I dont believe he was doing well but he does have pro boxing fights.
I liked him alot in MMA but this was a very poor showing. Maybe it is the transition back to pure stand up where guys can strike much more efficiently or maybe he is just getting older. That however was a very bad fight from his side.
Pro boxer my ass. Nothing against you buddy but that hype is just that. Pro boxers never lose their step, their footwork, their distancing and at least a fucking jab. This guy is woeful and looks like a guy fresh off the street who trained for 6 months and then the trainer tells him he’s ace to try and fill a spot on a card. Perhaps he did a little boxing before coming into mma but that’s probably what he wrote on his resume and the UFC just ran with it to pump up his fights.
[quote]humble wrote:
Pro boxer my ass. Nothing against you buddy but that hype is just that. Pro boxers never lose their step, their footwork, their distancing and at least a fucking jab. This guy is woeful and looks like a guy fresh off the street who trained for 6 months and then the trainer tells him he’s ace to try and fill a spot on a card. Perhaps he did a little boxing before coming into mma but that’s probably what he wrote on his resume and the UFC just ran with it to pump up his fights.[/quote]
this. how many times do hear Rogan and Goldy saying shit like “K-1 LEVEL STRIKING” lol
[quote]humble wrote:
Pro boxer my ass. Nothing against you buddy but that hype is just that. Pro boxers never lose their step, their footwork, their distancing and at least a fucking jab. This guy is woeful and looks like a guy fresh off the street who trained for 6 months and then the trainer tells him he’s ace to try and fill a spot on a card. Perhaps he did a little boxing before coming into mma but that’s probably what he wrote on his resume and the UFC just ran with it to pump up his fights.[/quote]
C’mon man.
Just a quick google yields a 17-1-2 pro boxing record. Retired from that after his first and only loss in 2000.
[quote]Khaine wrote:
[quote]humble wrote:
Pro boxer my ass. Nothing against you buddy but that hype is just that. Pro boxers never lose their step, their footwork, their distancing and at least a fucking jab. This guy is woeful and looks like a guy fresh off the street who trained for 6 months and then the trainer tells him he’s ace to try and fill a spot on a card. Perhaps he did a little boxing before coming into mma but that’s probably what he wrote on his resume and the UFC just ran with it to pump up his fights.[/quote]
C’mon man.
Just a quick google yields a 17-1-2 pro boxing record. Retired from that after his first and only loss in 2000.
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=19438&cat=boxer[/quote]
So ya I guess he did fight. I know he had a boxing backround before going into MMA but thats a pretty good record.
As an MMA fighter he was just middle of the road. Got into it really late and never really took off. Had a good winning streak at one point but took his first loss and never really seemed to be quite as good. Once he went into the next level of the 170lb division he couldnt adjust.
I always saw Marcus Davis as a decent striker…but never as someone with high level of boxing. Maybe a portion of what we’d relate to as boxing mainstays(jabs,etc) had to be “dumbed-down” for MMA?? shrug lol. He just became comfortable with what worked for MMA…I guess.
That record of his was pretty good…but what stands out to me is the records of his opponents. Fighting guys with 3-10…1-3-1 records after having 10+ wins just seems off. But I guess it’s the “experience” of those guys that counts shrug